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Posted by Paul Korm
Nov 28, 2018 at 10:48 PM
A series of video tutorials was recent published illustrating the zettelkasten & Tinderbox methods used by PhD candidate Beck Tench in her literature review. I found the tutorials were very engaging and lucid, not only for the methods used and the interesting research Ms. Tench is doing, but also her very natural pedagogy.
Posted by Dellu
Nov 29, 2018 at 09:38 AM
Very interesting.
The system she is building is pretty neat.
I have attempted a similar system before. The issue is: this long process of moving ideas from pdf files to Tinderbox structures takes a lot of time…specially she has
a) to read the pdf, b) annotate it, c) take the note on paper, and d) copy the note from the papper to Tinderbox, and then structure the ideas there. This is a long and hectic process.
That is one of the reasons why I was gravitated towards QDA softwares. They can do amost everything she is trying to accomplish: from reading, taking notes, tagging (metadata/coding), to writing notes (zetel), to the graphic repesentation of the concepts (concept map), everything in the same place.
Posted by Paul Korm
Nov 29, 2018 at 12:55 PM
@Dellu, true. Would that QDA software were in reach. The cost is too great for non-institutional users, I’m afraid.
I believe Tench said (?) that the repetitive transfer and consolidation of notes is a memory device for her. I find that’s often the case for myself.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Nov 29, 2018 at 02:57 PM
Thank you for bringing this interesting video series to our attention, Paul. I love seeing how people use Tinderbox. It’s the best way to learn the software, I think.
Steve Z.
Posted by Chris Thompson
Nov 29, 2018 at 05:15 PM
This is great, thanks. Another researcher whose material (posts and videos) of using Tinderbox to make notes about academic texts that some might find interesting is Dominique Renauld: http://www.dominiquerenauld.net/taking-notes-with-tinderbox-1 He has quite a few posts but his website has gotten harder to navigate. He also published a free French ebook on using Tinderbox for notetaking which is a worthwhile download to skim even if you don’t read the language: http://www.dominiquerenauld.net/ebooks-interactifs